Nicklas Pedersen

Nicklas Pedersen
	Pedersen with Mechelen in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	10 October 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Køge, Denmark
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker / Forward
Team information
Current team	FC Emmen
Youth career
	Herfølge BK
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	Herfølge BK
2007–2009	FC Nordsjælland
2009–2012	Groningen
2012–2013	Mechelen
2013–2016	Gent
2016–2017	KV Oostende
2017–2018	KV Mechelen
2018-	FC Emmen
International career
2006	Denmark U-20
2007–2008	Denmark U-21
2010–2013	Denmark
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Nicklas Pedersen (born 10 October 1987) is a Danish professional football striker, who currently plays for Eredivisie side FC Emmen.

Club career

Pedersen started his senior career with Herfølge BK in the Danish 1st Division. He made his Denmark national under-21 football team debut in August 2007, and got his breakthrough with Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland in September 2007. In January 2009, Pedersen signed a contract with Dutch club FC Groningen. FC Groningen paid FC Nordsjælland €2.2 million for the Danish striker.^[1]

On 2 July 2012, Pedersen joined Belgian club K.V. Mechelen on a three-year contract.

On 1 July 2013, Pedersen joined fellow Belgian side K.A.A. Gent for a fee of €1.5 million.

He is the son of the Danish football manager Jesper Pedersen.^[2]

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 June 2013	Nordjyske Arena, Aalborg, Denmark	Georgia	1–1	2–1	Friendly

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